Trivia / The Fifth Estate

• Box Office Bomb: The film grossed 8.6 million while having a budget of 28 million.
• Fake Nationality:
  • Brit Benedict Cumberbatch as the Australian Julian Assange.
  • Dutch Carice Van Houten as the Icelandic Birgitta Jónsdóttir.
  • Swede Alicia Vikander as the German Anke Domscheit-Berg.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Jeremy Renner was interested in playing Julian Assange.
  • James McAvoy was originally cast as Daniel Domscheit-Berg, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.